the animal loungetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17142142011-02-19T15:48:01-05:00celebrating all things furryTypePadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340147e2af2b88970b2011-02-19T15:48:01-05:002011-02-19T15:48:01-05:00hi there, i was wondering if i should start blogging again. hmmmm, what do you think? This whole format is totally different. It might just take toooo much energy or more to the point, time i should be spending PAINTING...Jane O'Hara

hi there, i was wondering if i should start blogging again. hmmmm, what do you think? This whole format is totally different. It might just take toooo much energy or more to the point, time i should be spending PAINTING :) but here is a recent painting, 'The Messenger' inspired by Beagles i've never met who are chosen to do medical experiments on, because they are so docile. I was thinking of my artwork as a means of communication and that's when this messenger flew in. He's hoping you will look for that no animal testing label on things..and remember, IAMS is VERY bad in this arena. VERY bad.
all for now :)

tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340128770f4f18970c2010-01-25T14:43:50-05:002010-01-25T14:43:50-05:00Hey everyone. I know, I know, I KNOW! It has been months. In fact I haven't written since 2009. So, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm excited for this new year. I think a lot is going to happen for me, and...Jane O'Hara

Hey everyone. I know, I know, I KNOW! It has been months. In fact I haven't written since 2009.

So, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'm excited for this new year. I think a lot is going to happen for me, and for the world- the challenge being to keep the focus on the big picture, keep moving ahead, and not get stuck focusing on the negative. What can I do to make things improve, instead of getting stuck on what *they've* done to f*#! it all up. It's awfully easy to get bogged down, between mother nature, corporate power structures and tighter pocketbooks.

One silver lining I have noticed for myself and others I know, is that many who are losing jobs, now no longer lost in the all consuming job, have been reassessing priorities and are making major changes. For me I have been able to focus more time on my artwork which has helped me to remember the deeper meaning I find in my artwork. I still love the decorative painting, it's always just been fun and a certain kind of challenge for me to create painted finishes, murals and wall glazes.

[An aside here on that topic: I know everyone has been affected by the economy, but for some it has not been a lifestyle change- more of an abstraction. I have pondered on where all the work went from that category of people. I believe it has become ' in bad taste' to spend money in these ways, building, decorating, anything showy......but in fact I believe it is in bad taste not to :) trickle down principle. So you have my support to keep building houses, decorating, travel, etc.so call & visit me at OHara Arts :) ]

But back to my artwork~ animals are my focus. I paint to celebrate animals and their variety of funny, sweet, kooky personalities, but also I use my artwork as a way to communicate for those that can't. I'm fortunate to be able to contribute in this way to various organizations that work on behalf of the animals. This weekend I went to an event where I donated some artwork put on by an organization called Mercy For Animals. A wonderful organization that works to spread vegetarianism and to expose and change the factory farms. Nathan Runkle -under 30 years old- heads this organization and is a powerful and compassionate force! He told the story of one pig's miserable life from conception to death, not one moment of joy,fresh air, love or comfort. Even while nursing her baby piglets , she cannot touch them as they are outside of the metal bars of her gestation crate which she cannot even turn around in. It is so incredibly pathetic that this situation exists,but it does~ or something equally horrid for Billions of animals. When she gets out of the concrete and metal cage, one day a month I believe, she is kicked and beaten to move her to another space. Then artificial insemination, and all is repeated, until she is so sick they spray paint a purple K, for Kill on her back, and she is killed, not instantly, but in several painful attempts. Somewhere in there she is driven insane and beats her head against the metal bars along with the thousands of other pigs doing the same. This is not guesswork, this is a documented story by undercover animal lovers who have lived and worked and pretended for months that this is business as usual in order to help expose these horrors. Mercy for Animals has also produced a documentary exposing the egg industry called 'Fowl Play'

The vegan sit down meal at the gala was outrageously delicious. I think vegan food has improved even in the last couple of years. Once those celebs get involved! like Ellen. Ellen, voted woman of the year by PETA. She has brought her vegan chef onto the show to share recipes.

On a positive note, the truth is getting out there. It seems insurmountable to change , but so did slavery once upon a time. Here, however, it is completely up to humans to save and educate. The animals cannot. So, I try to bring attention to the animals we love so much. I love this ad campaign, in Boston now The emcee, Hal Sparks was great (Talk Soup on E! fame, and Dude, Where's My Car? ). He spoke to the fact that many cannot conceive of a life change to veganism immediately so what he suggests on his blog is meatless mondays, underlining that progress not perfection matters, and this is something anyone can easily do saving hundreds of thousands of animals. So I became fan dork and had a picture taken:)

and now I count Hal as one of my many famous close friends . mmm hmm, that's right.

So we hung (hanged?) a show at the BCEC last week, where my largest work 'What a Circus' now shows- hopefully getting people to consider the sadness of the circus for elephants and their babies. An excellent venue, and I'll let you all know when the reception will be , probably in early March.

On another happy note, I can re-mention, that never was there a better time to be a vegan, vegetarian or even leaning vegetarian! I just received the best little cookbook 'Skinny Bitch in the Kitch' I've cooked a couple of awesome meals..faux reuben, yes, thumbs up from sometimes meat eatin' hubby, and enchiladas. I never would have guessed this skinny bitch movement was vegan! They take all time favorites, junk food, etc and create recipes that are vegan AND low fat. Dang. Check it out! I'm not kiddding! srsly. do it. save a pig. save a chicken.

My big goal this year is to get creative on how to spread love, not fear. All of our troubles get amplified by fear, which I've kind of noticed the media and ads cash in on. ya think?

Fall backtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a65d6605970b2009-11-06T14:33:06-05:002009-11-06T14:33:06-05:00I know I know, I have been doggin it on the blog front- but just because I have been so busy with all my other social networking/networking/shows/travels/ commissions and painting, and general life as I know it. I don't know...Jane O'Hara

I know I know, I have been doggin it on the blog front- but just because I have been so busy with all my other social networking/networking/shows/travels/ commissions and painting, and general life as I know it. I don't know about you, but this has been QUITE the whirlwind end 'o summer into fall-flying disgustingly fast into the HOLIDAYS ARRRRGGGGHHHHH .

anyway.

The show I am in now, at Denise Bibro Fine Art in NYC is over this Sunday Nov 8th. That is and was a fun and fantastic opportunity for me to be included (thank you Almitra Stanley, curator extraordinaire )with such esteemed dog artists, including my friends Laelia Mitchell and Susan T Woolf,+ Eric Ginsberg who I've showed with before at LaMotta Fine Art in Hartford,CT. And now new friends! Thank you to those who could come out to see me and the show at the opening, it was a spectacular night for me! See some pix if ya like here and scroll down past my current 'news' of Holiday Show at Central Village Art Gallery in Westport MA.

AND, while I'm shamelessly promoting me me me and my art art art i'm quite sure I wont get around to another blog before open studios. Stop in and see me, and Gedas who is showing some cool new work. That's Fenway Open Studios,November 14th + 15th 11-5pm. Please visit and make our day! Lot's to see here. We'll ply you with liquor and make you buy things . JUST kidding, geez, you're SO serious . No, we'll just bribe you with delicious food just to save us from the loooong days o' open studios. whatever, just come, okay???? puhleeeeze?

Check out a cool blog by Jay Stebbins called Fido Loves fidoloves.com I've connected you to his entry on Boston artists where he included me (which was very nice). Its a great blog all about dogs.

So as I mentioned before, we are quickly approaching said holidays. I had the fond memory of Sarah Palin standing before the bloody massacre of the turkey,"this is neat" "need some levity" about the joys of Thanksgiving while the executioner shoves turkeys head first into convenient cones for head removal. i cant resist: So, what does a vegetarian do? Those side dishes at Thanksgiving are great, and I myself am gonna prepare a tofurky, since I'm going to be with two confirmed vegetarians and I'm a big leaner in that direction. I was happy to hear that Al Gore (finally) made the connection of the meat industry to global warming:

“It’s absolutely correct that the growing meat intensity of diets
around the world is one of the issues connected to this global crisis –
not only because of the CO2 involved, but also because of the water
consumed in the process.”“You could add in the health consequences as well."

While Al Gore is not a vegetarian, he has cut his eating of meat sharply and I think that is something everyone could think of doing.

Moby (vegan) asked Al Gore this in an interview

“I asked Al Gore about why he didn’t mention this in ‘An Inconvenient
Truth’ [as animal production is responsible for more greenhouse gases
than every car, bus, truck, bus, plane and boat on the planet
combined]. He answered honestly, basically saying that getting people
to drive a hybrid car isn’t that difficult. Getting people to give up
animal products is almost impossible. I appreciated his honesty.”

I NEVER want to come off as preachy, especially since I am not pure at anything, but I like to take this opportunity to share what I learn. There has never been a better time to be a vegetarian, or at least cut back on meat and poultry with many options we use all the time. I make meatloaves w/ faux meat, use earth balance 'butter' ,veganaise, Quorn faux chicken patties, soy milk all the time. Until the factory farms are something of the past, we all should be quite aware of their dangers with ecoli, extreme pollution and use of water. Remember the roots of 'swine flu' -Smithfield Farms in Mexico- hideous pollution, and all that without yet mentioning the cruelty that is rampant in these prisons that innocent animals are born in and die in. We have options, they do not. There is something to be thankful for.

animals are people tootag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a612c799970c2009-10-04T16:33:50-04:002009-10-04T16:33:50-04:00Helena Sung writes a column called Pet News Examiner for the online Examiner.com. This is where I found this article about the deathly marriage *proposal* on the beach. Deathly for newly hatched turtles. In order to create a fabulous environment...Jane O'Hara

Helena Sung writes a column called Pet News Examiner for the online Examiner.com. This is where I found this article about the deathly marriage *proposal* on the beach. Deathly for newly hatched turtles. In order to create a fabulous environment for the proposal on the beach, this wanna be groom created an area of flashlight candles. He was unaware of the restriction on all outdoor lighting during the hatching season. The restriction exists because when the turtles hatch they automatically are drawn to the moonlit water which they rush to. Sadly these turtles all became disoriented due to the lighting he created and the turtles went in circles and all died. Here is a National Geographic video of these little turtles

hatching and rushing to the water- how it is supposed to go.

Helena Sung is ALSO writing a piece on the 'Gone To The Dogs' show at Denise Bibro Fine Art for Examiner.com which I will alert you to! She said People's Online Magazine is also going to pick this piece up ,which is so exciting! I think my paintings in the show 'Trusty' or 'Best Friend' will be mentioned. The opening is Oct 8th 6-9pm and I hope all of you who are in NYC will come by!

The good news is that criminal charges for cruelty are happening against a filthy factory farm in PA, a main supplier for Land 'o Lakes .It is a violation of Pennsylvania law to neglect animals, deprive sick
and injured animals of vet care, and deny animals
sanitary shelter. Charges against the farm’s owners have been approved. They would face up to
90 days in jail and $750 in fines if convicted. The bad news of course, is what caused the charges. Here is some footage taken this year of what goes on there. These poor animals have no quality of life to begin with, but when they are not even able to stand anymore they are knifed and shocked in an attempt to force them on their feet. If that doesn't work, they kill them, but only after letting them languish in filth and pain for days. Doncha love it- 'Land o' Lakes'. sounds so pastoral, doesn't it? A bit different from the truth, a dark interior existence in filth, fumes, attached to tubes constantly, calves born & ripped away, and abuse.

Earthbalance is a fabulous alternative! I highly recommend it. I've tried all their types, with or without soy, olive oil, they all are just as good as butter to me. Soy milk for cereal is great. A soy latte from Starbucks - or Art Cafe, makes my day..this dude agrees. Once I realized that butter and all milk products contribute heavily to suffering, and that milk has pusin it, I find it easier and easier to avoid it. bleccchhhh. There is more calcium in green leafy veggies than milk- or if you're too brainwashed to believe that,and need it from white liquid, soy milk is all fortified with calcium. The dairy lobby has been the strongest lobby of all, heavily affecting our views through the school systems and food pyramids. The China Study is a very revealing book on that,(written by PHD T. Colin Campbell) and all other food and health myths surrounding meat and dairy. Must read TV.

Don't forget to become a fan on facebook if you aren't already. All my animal art details are consolodated there and posts of new paintings and shows. Like 'True Blue'

animals. art. animals. art. animals. art. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a576588a970b2009-09-16T21:35:00-04:002009-09-16T21:35:00-04:00I have a painting or two in the show 'Gone to the Dogs' at Denise Bibro Fine Art in Chelsea, opening Oct 8th,6-9pm Thursday night for all you NYers...and Boston/Hamburg/and Newburyporters :) Turning out to be a family reunion, too...Jane O'Hara

I have a painting or two in the show 'Gone to the Dogs' at Denise Bibro Fine Art in Chelsea, opening Oct 8th,6-9pm Thursday night for all you NYers...and Boston/Hamburg/and Newburyporters :) Turning out to be a family reunion, too YAY!

So I hope you can make it, it's going to be FUN! Lots of dogs. all SORTS of dog art.

I just delivered the slightly changed 'Pinch Me' to a now happy client. Pinch Me is a rescue from the Azores, has an amazing story, and now part of the story is recorded in the landscape. I didn't know, but the Azores are covered with hydrangeas, and so is Little Compton where Pinch Me chose to live now. An interesting connection. I woulda thought palm trees..but no; fields, cliffs and lots and LOTS of hydrangeas.

AND I just opened in a show in Ipswich, MA with Art Focus at New England Biolabs. The owner of this joint is a real art lover. Travels the world and has a large permanent art collection in this huge modern glass building, as well as has a rotating show- which I am in. There is great emphasis on the arts for the workers there. It's an incredible space, I've included a picture from another angle so you can get an idea...My artwork, along with some very interesting photographs by Judith Larsen, are displayed on a long sweeping wall behind that vast reception desk with umbrella.

I hope if any of you reading this are on Facebook, you will join my fan page there. It's a great way I can consolidate all of my art news..art and only art. Animals. Art.

I will end on a *very* serious note. This cat has not been given the memo that cats hate water. Just in *case* you missed it, *here* it is * it just goes on and on and on, and I am FASCINATED!!! *

fall already?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a5afc94e970c2009-09-09T17:54:00-04:002009-09-08T18:08:17-04:00These dolphins are amazing- though I'm not a fan of dolphins in captivity, here is the bright side- to learn what they will do to entertain themselves!..... something one would never know of from dolphins in the wild, in fact...Jane O'Hara

These dolphins are amazing- though I'm not a fan of dolphins in captivity, here is the bright side- to learn what they will do to entertain themselves!..... something one would never know of from dolphins in the wild, in fact they may not do such a thing in the wild, maybe this is a result of hanging in a confined space?

While on the topic of dolphins, Richard O’Barry is involved with a new documentary on dolphins. He was the world’s leading authority on
dolphin training, worked on the set of the 1960's TV show
Flipper training multiple 'Flippers'. The documentary The Cove , directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story
of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and
freedivers went on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in
Japan, an show the gruesome accounting of the slaughter that goes on there. I for one will never go see that documentary, though I support it wholeheartedly to expose and hopefully end this dolphin slaughter. I would just as soon watch footage of children getting slaughtered and hacked apart. (I have seen photos which I cannot shake the blood red waters and images of horror ) But, it is true, and it goes on. In essence it is not any more cruel than what goes on in our own factory farms but for those IQ bigots, dolphins are reported to be more intelligent than humans. In fact they can hold their breath and commit suicide which is what drove Richard O'Barry from dolphin trainer for 'Flipper' to be an activist and regret all he did to make people feel that the acting dolphins was a great thing.

In the news a lot is going on with animals. Great white sharks
off of Chatham. Many! Because the seals are in closer than usual I
understand. The beaches are closed and I'm just glad we aren't in
Japan, where they no doubt would just massacre the sharks.

The wolves are being slaughtered with aerial shooting legalized in Alaska. Sarah Palin did a lot to help that along. Bad science has this as a solution for other states as well. It goes on as we read Jane's blog. It is a very troubling world out there for animals. If they are wild, they aren't safe. If they are in captivity they aren't safe. Sanctuaries seem to be one of the only places where wild animals are guaranteed safety, but inevitably the animals have had to suffer immensely to get there. Some would argue some zoos are a good bet. I'm not convinced. Our animal companions are the lucky ones of the animal world these days .

As to sanctuaries, a great effort to move animals in sanctuaries in CA out of the fires path where fires have destroyed huge areas. The animal workers are struggling to find enough large cages to move chimps and tigers and other large mammals. Hundreds of animlas have been moved and many precautions are being taken. If you want to help, there is much expense involved with large cages and caravans and round the clock care needed.

So, all to say, give your dog/cat/chinchilla/rat & pig an extra kiss today. Ask yourself whether you can rescue another dog or cat.

how are our non speaking friends doing tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a55998fc970b2009-09-08T19:00:00-04:002009-09-08T20:39:05-04:00These dolphins are amazing- though I'm not a fan of dolphins in captivity, here is the bright side- to learn what they will do to entertain themselves!..... something one would never know of from dolphins in the wild, in fact...Jane O'Hara

These dolphins are amazing- though I'm not a fan of dolphins in captivity, here is the bright side- to learn what they will do to entertain themselves!..... something one would never know of from dolphins in the wild, in fact they may not do such a thing in the wild, maybe this is a result of hanging in a confined space?

While on the topic of dolphins, Richard O’Barry is involved with a new documentary on dolphins. He was the world’s leading authority on
dolphin training, worked on the set of the 1960's TV show
Flipper training multiple 'Flippers'. The documentary The Cove , directed by Louie Psihoyos, tells the amazing true story
of how Psihoyos, O’Barry and an elite team of activists, filmmakers and
freedivers went on a covert mission to penetrate a hidden cove in
Japan, and show the gruesome accounting of the slaughter that goes on there. I for one will never go see that documentary, though I support it wholeheartedly to expose and hopefully end this dolphin slaughter. I would just as soon watch footage of children getting slaughtered and hacked apart. (I have seen photos and I cannot shake the blood red waters and images of horror I saw ) But, it is true, and it goes on. In essence it is not any more cruel than what goes on in our own factory farms but for those IQ bigots, dolphins are reported to be more intelligent than humans. In fact they can hold their breath and commit suicide which is the last straw that drove Richard O'Barry from dolphin trainer for 'Flipper' to be an activist and to regret all he did to make people feel that the acting dolphins was a great thing.

In the news a lot is going on with animals. Great white sharks
off of Chatham. Many! Because the seals are in closer to shore than usual I
understand. The beaches are closed and I'm just glad we aren't in
Japan, where they no doubt would just massacre the sharks.

The wolves are being slaughtered with aerial shooting legalized in Alaska. Sarah Palin did a lot to help that along. Bad science has this as a solution for other states as well. It goes on as we read this blog. It is a very troubling world out there for animals. If they are wild, they aren't safe. If they are in captivity they aren't safe. Sanctuaries seem to be one of the only places where wild animals are guaranteed safety, but inevitably the animals have had to suffer immensely to get there. Some would argue some zoos are a good bet. I'm not convinced. Our animal companions are the lucky ones of the animal world these days .

As to sanctuaries, a great effort to move animals in sanctuaries in CA out of the fire's path where fires have destroyed huge areas. The animal workers are struggling to find enough large cages to move chimps and tigers and other large mammals. Hundreds of animals have been moved and many precautions are being taken. If you want to help, there is much expense involved with large cages and caravans and round the clock care needed.

So, all to say, give your dog/cat/chinchilla/rat & pig an extra kiss today. Ask yourself whether you can rescue another animal. Send some money to help if you feel you can- I've listed a few places on my blog site that like to help these creatures!

come back!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f88340120a52efebc970c2009-08-10T10:55:00-04:002009-08-12T15:41:35-04:00Get out your calendars! It is soon time for the grande finale event at Gallery 55- the closing party. I know I've seen a LOT of you who could come to the opening & 2nd gathering , but it's been...Jane O'Hara

Get out your calendars! It is soon time for thegrande finale event at Gallery 55- the closing party. I know I've seen a LOT of you who could come to the opening & 2nd gathering , but it's been a loooong time since those, so you now have to come back! For you that couldn't make it, here's the last chance- I don't know when I'll have this fantastic opportunity to show most all of my artwork together again in such a beautiful space. So come by Friday eve- August 28th Gallery 55 in Natick, MA ! Details to follow.

I have delivered my portrait gift to the gifted medium John Holland of his dog Koda. I was inspired to do this because of John's generosity to the two animal causes -he donated over $30,000 to NHSPCA and Cocheco Valley Humane Society. A true lover of animals! Here is an article on the event and here is the portrait of Koda. John said I caught him perfectly. Yay. A little chipmunk snuck in on the left- aside from plastic bottles, this is one of Koda's favorite things to chase.

Good news on the animal front- PETA is "convincing faculties to replace the use of animals with more effective, non-animal teaching methods."..." St. Vincent College in Pennsylvania ended a rat lab as well as all use of animals in its psychology courses, and the University of CT Health Center ended training procedures in which cats were having hard plastic tubes repeatedly forced down their wind pipes and rabbits had air forced into their chests, which were then stabbed with needles to relieve the pressure."

PETA has now opened an office in DC where they can apply more pressure on the politicians for helping animals. I know some feel PETA uses over the top antics, but where sick abuses have been going on behind the scenes,PETA gets attention- check their site for just some of their activities. No one wants to be the subject of one of their exposés -like Ringling Bros lately...or KFC, and they have had a lot of success because of it. So because of their success record, I LOVE PETA. " If you love animals, don't enslave, exploit, wear or eat them" Ingid Newkirk & Alex Pacheco, Co-founders of PETA.

Visit my 'store' on my website to purchase a limited edition giclee print-easy with paypal- and 15% of sales will help support PETA in their expensive and dangerous undercover missions to expose what goes on in factory farms, circuses, lab testing, as well as all other operations....AND be the proud owner of a superlative copy ( Pictex )of an original Jane O'Hara painting- like 'Dreaming'.

" The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans, any more than black people were made for white, or women were created for men" Alice Walker

Last week we heard from the street Paul McCartney at Fenway Park, also a strong advocate for the animals. He was singing all old Beatles songs as far as I could make out, not his own music... interesting! Fun to hear ' Yesterday' and 'Let it Be" wafting through the streets of Fenway :)

Last but not least, here is a preview of my latest paintings, even before they've made it onto my website -

summer dazetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553feb60f883401157234b8c3970b2009-07-27T16:58:00-04:002009-07-27T16:58:00-04:00oh, did you like my last post? Completely blank! oops. Well, I think I can do a *little* better than that. It's been a long time since I did a blog entry. Been painting, been art opening, been open studiosing,...Jane O'Hara

oh, did you like my last post?Completely blank!oops. Well, I think I can do a *little* better than that.It's been a long time since I did a blog entry. Been painting, been art opening, been open studiosing, a little O'Hara Arting, some GPSing and some summer fun thrown in- while dodging raindrops. I am trying a little reorganization of my communication...I'm focusing in on the fact that I have different types of friends and connections. So if you are a fan of my artwork, I will say a good thing to do, aside from getting this blog, is to become a fan on Facebook. There I will let everyone know everything to do with my artwork. Like this new painting 'Fashionista' fer instance.

My regular Facebook page I will focus in on foodfights and quizzes on which star I look most like ;) (I know, Angelie Jolie)

My email list of art people I will reserve for invitations to openings or open studios.

My email 'forwards list' I will reserve for cuuuute little animal pictures or other funny, or sometimes thought provoking forwards.

SO, all to say, I will try not to bother everyone I know with everything I do, say, or think, but 'zup to you to find the parts of me you find interesting! Here's some parts you may find interesting.

My blog I will use to put all SORTS of ramblings and fun stuff...or some updates on what's up out there in the animal world, perhaps not always fun but needed to keep on top of the greedy, seedy, sensitivity chip missing people and corporations that do unnecessary harm to our furry, feathered and scaled buddies.....

or boring detailed accounts of my social networking plans....

OR a nice little plug for a friends cool new websitelike LAELIA E. MITCHELL I'm her #1 fan. And I'm not talking Kathy Bates in Misery. Look at this beauty I just purchased on her easy as pie to buy website! I can't wait to git it!

I want to mention that my show at Gallery 55 in Natick MA has been extended by popular demand. The show will come down at the end of August, but not before ANOTHER opportunity to pahty down with the 2-d animals at the closing partyFriday August 28th. More on that later. John Mottern, gallery owner extraordinaire has a breeeelliant idea up his sleeve for the screen Sacrifice he is working on, so more on this and the closing party to come! For now, the Gallery is open Saturdays 10-2pm and Wednesday evenings 4-7pm. Or by Appt. Call John 508-740-0260 .